WCNR Brighten the Corners 1-23-18 Two For The Road (Show 545)

(Hear the News at Noon weekdays at 12p with Kendall & Two For the Road with Jeff weeknights around 5:45pm – we recap the week’s worth of new tunes Tuesdays 10pm-midnight!)

{all titles out now unless otherwise noted}

also see: Jeff’s 2018 favorites

And Kendall’s!

Wednesday 1/31 News at Noon

• Eliot Bronson–“Good Enough”: His new album is called James and he will be in DC on February 24th.
• Born Ruffians–“Sidetracked”: From their new record, Uncle, Duke and The Chief. Catch them in DC on March 21st.
• Laura Veirs–“Everybody Needs You”: Her tenth solo release, The Lookout, is in stores on April 13th.

Wednesday 1/31 Two For The Road

• Chvrches–“Get Out”/new single
  
• Middle Kids–“Mistake”/Lost Friends (out 5/4)
  

Thursday 2/1 News at Noon

• The Money War–“Recall”: The Australian duo of Carmen Pepper and Dylan Ollivierre (Warning Birds and Rainy Day Women respectively), have a self-titled debut EP and will be at SXSW.
• Low Cut Connie–“Beverly”: The new LP Dirty Pictures pt. 2 is set for a May 18th release and they’re on the bill for the Bottlerock, Bonnaroo, and SXSW festivals and more.
• Joan As Police Woman–“Tell Me”: Taken from her February 9th release, Damned Devotion. According to Joan Wasser the song is a plea for openness and intimacy.

Thursday 2/1 Two For The Road

• Yo La Tengo – “Shades of Blue”/There’s A Riot Going On (out 3/16, in Cville 4/8)
• Belle & Sebastian – “The Same Star”/How To Solve Our Human Problems (3 EPs released separately Dec/Jan/Feb, all together 2/16)

Friday 2/2 News at Noon

• Brazilian Girls–“Pirates”
• Moby–“More Anarchy”
• Jukebox The Ghost–“Everybody’s Lonely”

Friday 2/2 Two For The Road

• Hop Along – “How Simple”/Bark Your Head Off, Dog (out 4/6)
• Pearl Jam – “Around and Around”/Chuck Berry cover on newest Ten Club fanclub single

Monday  2/5 News at Noon

• Vance Joy–“Saturday Sun”
• Let’s Eat Grandma–“Hot Pink”
• Courtney Marie Andrews–“Kindness of Strangers”